Comments on: Time's Best Inventions of 2009; or, Why I'm Not Posting Right Now http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/ Tech, Games, Comics, Movies. We Promise Not to Tell. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:14:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: David Wesley http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-3059 David Wesley Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:05:27 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-3059 Lev, I am glad to see Project Natal included in the list. Time has made some very insightful observations in the past, despite the fact that it is not a technology journal. I have added my own thoughts on the topic and compared it to a similar Time list compiled in 1993 (www.performancetrap.org). That year, Time nominated two products that have represented critical technology shifts within the video game industry (3DO Multiplayer and PowerPC microprocessor). This year's list, like the one from 1993, features technologies that will fundamentally change the world we live in. No doubt about it. Lev,

I am glad to see Project Natal included in the list. Time has made some very insightful observations in the past, despite the fact that it is not a technology journal.

I have added my own thoughts on the topic and compared it to a similar Time list compiled in 1993 (www.performancetrap.org). That year, Time nominated two products that have represented critical technology shifts within the video game industry (3DO Multiplayer and PowerPC microprocessor).

This year's list, like the one from 1993, features technologies that will fundamentally change the world we live in. No doubt about it.

]]> By: LeeJH http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2761 LeeJH Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:32:48 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-2761 I suppose it's tricky to know if something was actually invented in 2009, or in a prior year. Usually you only know when it started production, and that's assuming it actually is in production. I suppose it's tricky to know if something was actually invented in 2009, or in a prior year. Usually you only know when it started production, and that's assuming it actually is in production.

]]> By: noconfusion http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2759 noconfusion Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:41:42 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-2759 Uncharted 2! I was obsessed for a good week and a half. I couldn't kill Lazorevic (or whatever his name is), so I gave up and started playing Oblivion. xD Uncharted 2! I was obsessed for a good week and a half. I couldn't kill Lazorevic (or whatever his name is), so I gave up and started playing Oblivion. xD

]]> By: anon76 http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2754 anon76 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:23:52 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-2754 See, and I thought you were going for blood on the scales/the oath. Did anyone really emerge victorious from the cylon civil war? Methinks that s/he who laughs last has not been flushed down a black hole. See, and I thought you were going for blood on the scales/the oath. Did anyone really emerge victorious from the cylon civil war? Methinks that s/he who laughs last has not been flushed down a black hole.

]]> By: Kemper http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 Kemper Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:55:58 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-2753 Oh, and Church worked a 33 in there, too. Oh, and Church worked a 33 in there, too.

]]> By: Kemper http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2752 Kemper Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:53:19 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-2752 I was thinking of the Cylon civil war on my comment, but of course, it went right over Lev's head and he went off in a totally different direction. Obviously, I was much too subtle. I was thinking of the Cylon civil war on my comment, but of course, it went right over Lev's head and he went off in a totally different direction. Obviously, I was much too subtle.

]]> By: byron12 http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 byron12 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:22:55 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-2749 Did I miss the BSG reference? Did I miss the BSG reference?

]]> By: Lev Grossman http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 Lev Grossman Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:38:33 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-2748 Yeah, that thing is totally trashed. Yeah, that thing is totally trashed.

]]> By: tereglith http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2747 tereglith Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:32:51 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-2747 Did your epic battle damage the Yggdrasil? Did your epic battle damage the Yggdrasil?

]]> By: Lev Grossman http://techland.com/2009/10/30/times-best-inventions-of-2009-or-why-im-not-posting-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2746 Lev Grossman Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:29:24 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2674#comment-2746 It was nerd world ragnarok. Quittner was devoured by the wolf Fenrir. Selman was swallowed by the world-snake. It was nerd world ragnarok. Quittner was devoured by the wolf Fenrir. Selman was swallowed by the world-snake.

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